{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":439131,"song":"Promised Land","artist":"Elvis Presley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/439131-promised-land-chords-by-elvis-presley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/439131?type=chord","rating":4.85261,"votes":168,"content":"Promised Land\r\n-------------\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] \r\nAh, get on it![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI left my home in Norfolk Virginia California on my mind.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI straddled that Greyhound, and rode into Raleigh and on across Caroline.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe had motor trouble that turned into a struggle, halfway across Alabam'.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell that hound broke down and left us all stranded, in downtown Birmingham.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRight away I brought me a through train ticket, ridin' across Mississippi clean.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                                                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I was on the midnight flyer out of Birmingham, smokin' into New Orleans.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSomebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just to help me get to Houston Town.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere are people there who care a little about me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand they won't let the poor boy down. Take it![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSure as you're born they brought me a silk suit, put luggage in my hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I woke up high over Albuquerque, on a jet to the promised land.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWorking on a T-bone steak à la carte, flyin' over to the golden state.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAh when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes he would set us at the terminal gate.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSwing low chariot come down easy, taxi to the terminal zone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCut your engines and cool your wings, and let me make it to the telephone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLos Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia, tidewater four ten o nine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]     \r\nTell the folks back home this is the promised land callin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the poor boy's on the line.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWorking on a T-bone steak à la carte, flyin' over to the golden state.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAh when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes he would set us at the terminal gate.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSwing low chariot come down easy, taxi to the terminal zone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCut your engines and cool your wings, and let me make it to the telephone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLos Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia, tidewater four ten o nine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTell the folks back home this is the promised land callin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the poor boy's on the line.[/tab]","plain_text":"Promised Land\n-------------\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}